Choosing not to go down the Psystar route and sell its tablet pre-loaded with OS X, Axon will instead let customers hackintosh its Haptic tablet—selling it minus an OS. Load Windows, Linux or even OS X on it.

CrunchGear is claiming they've heard you'll be able to pre-order the Haptic tablet this week. As it's Friday already, they've got three days in my books. Axon told CrunchGear that the tablet will have an LED-backlit LCD measuring 10" with 1024 x 600 pixels, but sadly it'll be resistive. And come with a stylus.

Here's the real kicker, though: it's expected to cost $800, or $750 if you pre-order. Yes, about double the cost of an iPad. True, you'll be able to load it with whichever OS you'd like (it's compatible with Darwin OS, which Axon says "gives you the freedom to run, in addition to Windows and Linux, any* Darwin OS"), but even so, that's a loaaaad of money for the specs. Check out the purported screenshot of the tablet, below. [Axon via CrunchGear]